Meanings
comparative more valorless · superlative most valorless · alternative valourless
- Without valor.
Beckett's characters exist in a post-Christian void; to juxtapose their wounds with Christ's only demonstrates just how valueless and valorless their own suffering is.
1998, Marius Buning, Matthijs Engelberts, Beckett Versus Beckett, →ISBN, page 3002 more examples
Trivulzio, who, after Chaumont's death, had commanded the troops of the French king in Lombardy, advanced again against Bologna, and drove before him the valorless, retreating army of the pope.
1888, Herman Friedrich Grimm, Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett, Life of Michael Angelo - Volume 1, page 387As soon as poor Richie was out of the hole the valorless Major presented his revolver at his head and endeavored to shoot him but the weapon refused to respond, and after snapping it for a while, threw it into the river in disgust.
2005, Robert E. Eberly -, Bouquets from the Cannon's Mouth
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